Los tanques Rusos T 14, basados en la plataforma universal de combate ARMATA, incorporaron a fines del 2016 una versión mejorada del sistema de protección active AFGANIT. Este sistema de protección activa para blindados, destinado a detectar y neutralizar amenazas tales como proyectiles o cohetes antitanque disparados por el oponente, estaba basado en una serie de radares ubicados alrededor de la estructura, que proporcionaban información de la amenaza, generando entonces el sistema la contramedida de neutralización. Se determinó sin embargo que ello resultaba insuficiente, por lo que este “upgrade”, incorpora sensores que detectan fotones UV en la estela de aire ionizado dejado por el proyectil en su camino, mejorando notablemente la eficacia del sistema de protección.
The new ultraviolet (UV) detectors soon to be installed on T-14 Armata battle tanks and T-15 Armata heavy infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) can detect rockets and grenades approaching from any direction, thus drastically improving the vehicles’ active protection systems’ efficiency.
«The UV detectors have already been installed both on the T-14 tank and on the T-15 IFV and are currently undergoing tests as part of the Afganit active protection system. We intend to complete the project by the end of the year,» a source in the Defense Ministry who is familiar with the issue told Izvestia newspaper.
The new detectors trace the UV photons in the trail of ionized air left by a rocket-propelled projectile. The system doesn’t just detect a rocket launch; it evaluates the projectile’s speed and trajectory, supplying the active protection system with all the data it requires to successfully intercept a threat.
According to the newspaper, the Afganit active protection system previously relied only on small radars installed on four sides of a vehicle to detect incoming projectiles. However, this radar system could theoretically be ‘confused’ by a large volley of shells, rockets and even fragments of debris flying around during a battle, or even suppressed by enemy electronic countermeasures. The addition of these new UV detectors, however, drastically improves Afganit’s efficiency, thus increasing a combat vehicle’s chances of survival during fighting.
Fuente: https://sputniknews.com
